
Nearly one-fourth of physicians use social media on a daily basis to scan or explore medical information, according to a recently published study.

Nearly one-fourth of physicians use social media on a daily basis to scan or explore medical information, according to a recently published study.

American consumers' desire to access their health information online far exceeds medical providers' ability to share that information with them.

Twenty-five million new health insurance customers aren't expected to overwhelm the system or drive up costs immediately after obtaining coverage.

Working-age American adults aren't visiting with physicians as often as they did a decade ago, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Physicians overwhelmingly support Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 19 points over President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, according to a new poll.

Mobile health applications can help disadvantaged patients overcome obstacles that prevent them from managing diabetes. Learn why your patients should use them.

Ohio Department of Health Director Ted Wymyslo, MD, talks about why the state has prioritized implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home concept.

Nearly 70% of medical students say medical school needs to provide more training relating to practice management and ownership, according to a recent survey.

Only 11% of Americans have a high level of understanding of the key aspects of federal health reform, despite substantial media coverage in the 2-plus years since the legislation's passage.

Health providers are in danger of being stuck with $11 billion in Medicare cuts beginning in January when automatic federal spending cuts are due to take effect, the White House warned in a report.

The financial incentive of shared savings may lead to "coding biases" whereby practices list more diagnoses per patient visit than they otherwise would, according to a recent study.

House calls can reduce rehospitalizations and boost satisfaction for high-risk patients, but they don't do much to reduce costs, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Despite advances in technology, knowledge, and innovation, the U.S. health system comes up short on basic fundamentals such as quality, outcomes, cost, and equity, according to the Institute of Medicine.

The overwhelming majority of physician practices are concerned about the prospect of transitioning to the ICD-10 coding system, according to a new survey.

The United States can help control prescription drug costs by employing tactics like reference pricing and cost- and comparative- effectiveness research that have proven successful in other countries.

Primary care doctors who are ensnared in one of the new RAC project's reviews could see a 75-day delay in payment.

A new initiative led by the federal government will pay 500 participating primary care practices a $20 monthly per-patient care-management fee – and in many cases more.

Invisible tasks associated with non-face-to-face patient care are threatening to make the workload of primary care physicians unsustainable, a new study says.

Theft was the No. 1 cause of data breaches, accounting for 52% last year. Unauthorized access accounted for 19%. Just 6% of breaches happened due to hacking.

Wellpoint took last place in a controversial survey of hospital executives’ opinions of big health insurance companies.

Primary care doctors are among the types of physicians most at-risk for burnout, a wide-ranging and "alarming" problem that threatens the foundation of the U.S. medical system, according to a new study led by the Mayo Clinic.

While the majority of physicians and health providers would like to use mobile devices to access their electronic health records systems, very few are actually doing it.

Physicians prefer Marco Rubio over Paul Ryan as GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's running mate, a new poll shows.

Can't figure out the difference betweena an ACO and a PCMH? Here's a guide to the two models.

Experts predict that the Affordable Care Act will affect the increasing shortage of primary care physicians. See how a couple programs are trying to stem the tide.

Practicing medicine takes on a different feel when you're the only doctor in town. But Jim Selenke, MD, the lone physician in Hudson, Iowa, wouldn't have it any other way.

The challenge: Selling a practice without a broker's help

The federal government is backing a new pilot website that aims to ease doctors' concerns about security and privacy when sharing health information electronically.

Google's personal health records application beats Microsoft's because it's easier to use, according to participants in an independent study by a user experience research firm.

A recent study of doctors' e-prescribing habits says that the software's accompanying medication safety alerts are so often ignored that the alerts are "more of a nuisance than an asset."

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